Thursday January 31, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: Would you rather make school days longer but go less days or go shorter school days but have more of them? What is one early memory from your childhood that your not sure is true?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Africa's Physical Regions: You will be finishing up your maps you started last class.

Africa's Natural Beauty: You will be going to this website to explore some of the most beautiful places in Africa. When you are done, you will pick your two favorites. You will then find 3 images for each and write a paragraph on each explaining what it is about this place that catches your eye.

Monday January 28, 2019 & Tuesday January 29,2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: What's the farthest you've ever been from home?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

African Physical Geography: You will have 15 minutes to finish this up from last class.

You will be going to newsela.com to read an article that talks about each of the eight physical regions of Africa. When you are done reading, you are going to find an image on the internet for each of the physical regions and give a short blurb as to why you think this image does such a great job of representing that region.

The Africa Stereotype: After completing the newsela article, we will be talking about what kind of stereotypes we just proved false about Africa.

Google Earth: Your goal is going to be to map out the eight regions of Africa using the article you read from newsela as well as using Google Earth. Remember to use a different color for each of the 8 regions.

Thursday January 24, 2019 & Friday January 25, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand what the eight physical features are of Africa.

Circle: Would you rather live in a Dictatorship or in an Anarchy?

World Issues Project: You will have 15 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

African Physical Geography: You will be going to newsela.com to read an article that talks about each of the eight physical regions of Africa. When you are done reading, you are going to find an image on the internet for each of the physical regions and give a short blurb as to why you think this image does such a great job of representing that region.

Tuesday January 22, 2018 & Wednesday January 23, 2019

Learning Target: Students will be able to exhibit their understandings of governments and societies by reflecting on their decisions they made in the game and will be able to relate these decisions to the real world.

Circle: What is one highlight from your weekend? What is your favorite movie of all time?

Game Debrief: We will be discussing the game we played all of last week and what we learned as it pertains to this class. The first question you will be answering is "Why did we play this game?" Then we will be discussing in class the idea that everyone played the game with a Monarchy as well as a Totalitarian government. From this understanding, we will be discussing how things would have gone differently in the real world if the people had a say in the game. 

Game Reflection: You will be writing a reflection on the game in class. This is a summative reflection and is due by the beginning of next class. Here is the rubric.

Homework: Finish your Game Reflection if you did not finish in class. 

Friday January 11, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand the different forms of government and their roots. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. 

Circle: What's the first video game you remember playing? Would you rather be the best student at CMCC or the worst student at Harvard?

Model Government Project: For the rest of class, you will have free work time to finish up your Model Government Projects. If you have already completed this assignment, or finish during class, go back to working on your World Issues Projects.

Model Government Projects Are Due Saturday January 12th at Noon if you want to get $100 for the game next week. If you get a 90% or better on this assignment, you will be awarded $200 for the game. 

Monday January 7, 2019 & Tuesday January 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know and understand the different forms of government and their roots. Students will be well informed members of society and will be able to formulate educated opinions on global, national, and local issues. 

Circle: What rule at your house would you like to put an end to? For the rest of your life, would you rather have to talk like Yoda or breathe like Darth Vader?

Model Government Project: For the rest of class, you will have free work time to finish up your Model Government Projects. If you have already completed this assignment, or finish during class, go back to working on your World Issues Projects.

Model Government Projects Are Due At The End Of This Week!!! Due to us having our civilization simulations next week, there will be no extension for this. This means that if we have a snow day this week, you need to be prepared to work on this project during that snow day to make up for lost class time.